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But the problem wasn't my familiarity with computer generated graphics. Rather, the visuals delineated by Verne are actually quite impressive and memorable. The problem with the book is the incessant and obnoxious cataloging of sea animals, sea plants, etc. I get it was written for a different time, but so were other books written even earlier and they're nowhere near this brutal to get through.

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That's fair. I can see how the ongoing cataloging gets boring. I just like to think of the guy come home after a long days work in his late 19th century one horse town, far from any body of salt water, kicking back to read a novel about wonders he would probably never see. I guess I just assume that the repeated naming of sea creatures would be enchanting to someone who has never and probably will never see a sea anemone.

Very possible, very possible.

This is what I love about Twenty Thousand Leagues. It comes with a sense of mystery about it. You just don't get that kind of stuff today, in a world explored top to bottom. It's just nice to pretend sometimes. It's nice to feel adventurous, and that is what this book did for me. It's a shame it couldn't for others, but like you said it is a world where we have tv shows that delve into the unknown. How could a book ever compare?

I actually liked the book. You got to also remember it is not a modern story